Mitt Romney/Mike Vick presidential ticket....maybe - The Orange Mane

Hotrod · 06-29-2007, 02:13 PM

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalra...-strapped.html

ABC News' Jake Tapper Reports: Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., has angered animal rights activists for strapping his dog to the roof of his car on a family trip from Boston to Ontario, Canada.

According to the Boston Globe, in one of the family's 12-hour drives to their family's cottage in Canada over 25 years ago, Romney strapped a dog carrier to the roof of the car for the whole trip -- with the family Irish setter, Seamus, inside.

Seamus protested in a scatological way, going to the bathroom on the roof of the car.

Animal rights activists reached by TIME Magazine said the tale seems a little cruel.

"It is commonsense that any dog who's under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured," Time quoted Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as saying.

Newkirk said it was "a lesson in cruelty that was ... wrong for [his children] to witness."

Bob · 06-29-2007, 02:37 PM

Wow over 25 years ago -- and this is news how?

Hotrod · 06-29-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob

Wow over 25 years ago -- and this is news how?

I think you need to learn to smile just abit

TheDave · 06-29-2007, 02:52 PM

Mike Vick / Romney ticket... Excellent!

06-29-2007, 02:13 PM	#1
Hotrod Self Appointed Expert aka Dortoh Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 25,136 Adopt-a-Bronco: Miss I	Mitt Romney/Mike Vick presidential ticket....maybe http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalra...-strapped.html ABC News' Jake Tapper Reports: Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., has angered animal rights activists for strapping his dog to the roof of his car on a family trip from Boston to Ontario, Canada. According to the Boston Globe, in one of the family's 12-hour drives to their family's cottage in Canada over 25 years ago, Romney strapped a dog carrier to the roof of the car for the whole trip -- with the family Irish setter, Seamus, inside. Seamus protested in a scatological way, going to the bathroom on the roof of the car. Animal rights activists reached by TIME Magazine said the tale seems a little cruel. "It is commonsense that any dog who's under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured," Time quoted Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as saying. Newkirk said it was "a lesson in cruelty that was ... wrong for [his children] to witness."

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06-29-2007, 02:37 PM	#2
Bob Ring of Famer Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 5,330	Wow over 25 years ago -- and this is news how?

06-29-2007, 02:52 PM	#4
TheDave Sauced... Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 15,120	Mike Vick / Romney ticket... Excellent!